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Jarvis
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Hi!
My boyfriend and I are fairly new owners of a white Axie called Jarvis. We inherited him from a friend in August/Sept this year since he could no longer take care of him. Jarvis has settled into his new life here, but his behaviour recently has been confusing us slightly....bare with me because I will have to start from the beginning to give you all the info!.....
When he first came to us, his tank had stones in the bottom of it, which were quickly removed by us because we realised Jarvis was swallowing them when he began floating and got a swollen tummy. He continued to eat his blood worms normally during this time and is still eating normally now after passing all the stones. (We know he has definitely passed the stones because we put him into solitary and monitored his poop...how lovely!) the swelling went down and he stopped floating for a good while. His tank is still bare at the bottom.
However, he has started floating again and we have lowered the water level in his tank right down so he can touch the floor. The other day when I looked in at him his belly wasnt swollen any more and all four of his legs were on the floor....but I caught him red handed....he took in two huge big gulps of air and his belly swelled straight up causing him to float again! Is this normal behaviour for an axolotl? We want to be able to fill the water level back up again because I feel sorry for him being stuck at the bottom all the time, but we tried adding a bit more water the other day and he just got stressed out because he couldnt touch the bottom anymore.
My boyfriend thinks its because he doesnt like the feel of the bare glass under him so is deliberately floating to get away from it....I wondered if he wasnt able to breathe properly due to the filter not being on in such a low tank, although the water is being changed every day. Its stressing me out seeing him like this, I feel like he is suffering and theres nothing we can do, we really have tried everything!
Sorry for the long winded story! If anyone has experienced this or has any advice please get in touch!
C and J
My boyfriend and I are fairly new owners of a white Axie called Jarvis. We inherited him from a friend in August/Sept this year since he could no longer take care of him. Jarvis has settled into his new life here, but his behaviour recently has been confusing us slightly....bare with me because I will have to start from the beginning to give you all the info!.....
When he first came to us, his tank had stones in the bottom of it, which were quickly removed by us because we realised Jarvis was swallowing them when he began floating and got a swollen tummy. He continued to eat his blood worms normally during this time and is still eating normally now after passing all the stones. (We know he has definitely passed the stones because we put him into solitary and monitored his poop...how lovely!) the swelling went down and he stopped floating for a good while. His tank is still bare at the bottom.
However, he has started floating again and we have lowered the water level in his tank right down so he can touch the floor. The other day when I looked in at him his belly wasnt swollen any more and all four of his legs were on the floor....but I caught him red handed....he took in two huge big gulps of air and his belly swelled straight up causing him to float again! Is this normal behaviour for an axolotl? We want to be able to fill the water level back up again because I feel sorry for him being stuck at the bottom all the time, but we tried adding a bit more water the other day and he just got stressed out because he couldnt touch the bottom anymore.
My boyfriend thinks its because he doesnt like the feel of the bare glass under him so is deliberately floating to get away from it....I wondered if he wasnt able to breathe properly due to the filter not being on in such a low tank, although the water is being changed every day. Its stressing me out seeing him like this, I feel like he is suffering and theres nothing we can do, we really have tried everything!
Sorry for the long winded story! If anyone has experienced this or has any advice please get in touch!
C and J